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(The Economist, Singapore, 8 February 2018) A management shake-out may reawaken national rivalries at the European aerospace giant. “The success of Airbus is intimately linked to the success of John [Leahy],” says Eric Schulz, successor to John Leahy, who has been chief salesman for the...

(Fox Business, Dublin, 22 January 2018) Boeing and Airbus officials have signaled optimism that problems denting their access to government-backed plane financing are nearing resolution. Boeing and Airbus last year both delivered a record number of planes. Though commercial financing for the...

(Global Trade Review, London, 31 January 2018) The Australian export credit agency (ECA), Efic, has been armed with A$3.8bn to help companies sell military equipment overseas. Over the years, ECAs have been heavily criticised for selling arms which often help prop up tyrannical regimes and...

(Financial Post, Toronto, 11 January 2018) Canadian exporters with long histories of doing business in Russia are urging the federal government to help them compete with foreign rivals that they insist are profiting from Ottawa’s particularly rigid approach to international sanctions. Companies...

(India Times, New Delhi, 11 January 2018) The UK government today announced the doubling of its national credit support for UK businesses exporting to India, during the visit of Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu. As part of the deliberations, UK trade minister Liam Fox announced that...

(Yonhap, Seoul, 9 January 22018) The British government has withdrawn its plan to cancel a North Korean debt that has been unpaid for more than four decades, in consideration of the possibility that North Korea could pay it back after the two Koreas are unified, U.S. broadcaster Voice of...

(Bloomberg, London, 9 January 2018) Saudi Arabian Oil Co. is seeking a $2 billion loan from Japan’s export-credit agency, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as competition for a role in potentially the world’s largest initial share offering heats up. A deal would make the Japanese...

(Daily Sabah, Istanbul, 5 January 201) President Erdoğan's first visit abroad in 2018 was marked by a groundbreaking defense agreement that includes the joint development of missile systems by Turkish, French and Italian firms, among other commercial and economic deals. The Export Credit Bank...

(Global Trade Review, London, 7 December 2017) UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced plans for a new invoice financing scheme for exporters in a bid to boost exports through supply chain efficiency. GTR has learned that the new scheme will allow an exporter to set up a supply chain discounting...

(Prensa Latina, Moscow, 28 December 2017) Turkey will acquire, for 2.5 billion dollars, four divisions of the modern Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile divisions, which will be delivered in 2020. The finance ministries of Turkey and Russia have concluded negotiations for the granting of an...

(The Guardian, London, 20 December 2017) As the spectre of Brexit emerges, so do the first meaningful signs of the Tory vision of “building a global Britain”. The Department for International Trade, set up by Theresa May to put some flesh on the bones of her slogan, has prioritised arms sales...

(Bloomberg, London, 29 November 2017) U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said London is “extremely well-placed’’ to win a planned stock exchange listing by Saudi Arabia Oil Co., as she competes against U.S. President Donald Trump for the coveted initial share sale by the world’s largest crude...

(Guardian, London, 5 November 2017) A UK Serious Fraud Office probe into allegedly misleading statements made by Airbus to UK Export Finance, the government department that provides commercial support for major deals has ballooned with further allegations of corruption. The investigation...

(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 October 2017) French ECA BPI has announced a €350 million guarantee contract with TechnipFMC for the development of the controversial $27 billion Yamal LNG project in Russia's far north. German Japanese,...

(Quwa Defence News, Qatar, 10 October 2017) As part of its letter-of-intent to acquire 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft, Qatar also requested six Hawk trainers from BAE. In regards to the prospective Qatari order, BAE Systems added that it is in negotiations with Doha, which – if...